Sewall elected Senate president in Maine
Senator Sumner Sewall of Sagadahoc and Bath won the Republican caucus presidency of the State Senate after Sen ator Arthur G. Spear withdrew. The election placed Sewall next in line to the Governor, with possible gubernatorial ambitions in 1940. The report notes wartime service, public appeal, and Bath’s historical ties to Maine leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Sagadahoc
Bath
State
Senate
Sewall
Arthur G. Spear
Portland
Maine
Spear
George E. Hill
South Portland
House
Sagadahoc County
Books Bought for Patten Free Library in December
The Patten Free Library lists December acquisitions including Autobiographies and biographies such as Willard Hungerford Robinson Hagedorn Woodward Sanger and Sullivan William Williams. novels by Norris Lincoln Caldwell Norris Hutchinson Fox. and other works from Salten Skinner Damon Otis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Daniel Willard
Edward Hungerford
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Hermann Hagedorn
Lafayette
W. E. Woodward
Margaret Sanger
Geraldine Farrar
Mark Sullivan
Valentine Williams
Evan John Powder River
Letter Buck
Struthers Burt
Esther Forbes
A. S. M. Hutchinson
Max Miller
Charles G. Norris
Joseph C. Lincoln
Taylor Caldwell
Martin Hare
Gwyn Jones
Old Haven
David Cornel DeJong
Carrie Eaton
Elizabeth Corbett
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Sheila Kaye- Smith
Michael Foster
Beacon Street Church School Christmas Concert Recital Notes
A capacity audience attended Beacon Street church school’s annual Christmas concert in the vestry. Leaders and students distributed gifts and presented prayers recitations and songs including Away in a Manger Silent Night and Santa Claus Express as part of a festive program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
William J. Craft
Hermon W. Crocker
Clinton F. Pratt
Clifton W. Tedford
Geraldine Nickerson
Connie Beardsley
Jesse Kenderdine
Beverly van Buren
Bowdoinham Man Finds Likely Indian Mortar Pestlenear South Harpswell
Harold Hackett, a Bowdoinham gas shovel operator, reports a greenish grey stone tool weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces found last summer in South Harpswell. The artifact shows a groove around the middle and a palm sized handle, suggesting a pestle used with mortars by indigenous people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hackett
Bowdoinham
South Harpswell
Hackett
John Purington
Plymouth
Billy
Robert
Story of the Locomotive Told at Winter Street Club
Ralph F. Derby of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society in Boston spoke to the Winter Street Men's club on The Story of the Locomotive A Century of Railroading. He traced U.S. transportation history from rail growth to train types as members ate supper and planned a lobster supper for January 12 with moving pictures of wildlife to close the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Derby
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society of Boston
Winter Street Men’s Club
Mr. Derby
Joseph O. Purdue
J. Frank Hunt
Ernest R. Freeman
Edgar D. Leavitt
Allen M. Irish
Committee For New Lights
William T. Donnell
Plate Glass Windows Broken By Blast
Two plate glass windows on the northerly side of Bath Fuel Co. at Broad Street were shattered Friday afternoon by a street blast. Merritt Chapman Scott Corp. are contractors for a new 16 inch water main and gate valves. Work will begin after the spring thaw as laborers continue excavation this week. The windows measure 11 by 6.5 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Fuel Co
Broad Street
Merritt, Chapman & Scott Corp
Kennebec
Annes
Weather for 38 in This Vicinity November December
The report details October through December conditions with records of warmth and cold, rainfall and snowfall. It notes the 21st hurricane impact in New England, October 17 as warmest day, and November heavy snow on Thanksgiving night. December records include a low of six above zero and a high of 54 in December mornings.
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New England
Sheriff Names Deputies For Two More Years Service
Sheriff Charles W. Messenger has qualified before Dedimus Justice Fred H. Thompson for two years more of service. He offered deputy ships to Norman E. Curtis Bowdoin John W. Conway Bath Clifford Gray Bowdoinham Lloyd Umberhind Richmond William Stevens and Frank Carver Topsham and Fred Craft Pejepscot Loring D. Small West Bath Garrett Galvin Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Messenger
Dedimus
Fred H. Thompson
Norman E. Curtis
Bowdoin
John W. Conway
Bath
Clifford Gray
Bowdoinham
Lloyd Umberhind
Richmond
William Stevens
Frank Carver
Topsham
Fred Craft
Pejepscot
Loring D. Small
West Bath
Garrett. Galvin
Woolwich
Good Will Club's Tree Marks Woolwich Holiday Gathering
The Woolwich Good Will club held its annual Christmas joke tree and party in the new building last Wednesday. Forty members and guests attended as Horace Allen of North Woolwich won a quilt and refreshments were served. Committee members were Miss Florence E Carlton Mrs Edward V Reed and Mrs Harry E Fitch. Albert Douglas, formerly with Bath Iron Works, left for Quincy Mass to join Fore River Shipbuilding Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Good Will Club
Horace Allen
North Woolwich
Florence E. Carlton
Edward V. Reed
Harry E. Fitch
Albert Douglas
Bath Iron Works
Quincy, Mass
Fore River Shipbuilding Corp
Tales of the days when Indians roamed Maine region
A historical survey recalls the Maine Indians who shaped local life with names for rivers and places. It traces Abenaki tribes Canibas and Annasagunticooks, Penobscot branches, and Kennebecs, noting chiefs like Kennebis and Abagadussett, and the impact of wars and disease on population and settlements.
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Maine
Mississippi
New England
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Merrymeeting Bay
Falls
Pejépscot
Brunswick
Mackquicket
Maquoit
Pagiscot
England
Saco
Sagadahock
St. John
Old Town
Eastport
Canibas
Annasagunticooks
Penobscot
Lewiston
Stevens
Stevens River
Wigwam Point
Merriconeag Neck
New Meadows
Mere Point
Great Falls
Church
Kennebis
Lawson Purchase
John Gyles
St. Francis
Rogers Rangers
Arnold
Quebec
Sabatis
Arrowsick
Daniel Eaton
Pleasant Point
Eaton
Canada
Kenneth Roberts
Fort George
Kennebecs
Madison
Rasle
Eitter
Annasagunticdok
Phil Will
Indians and White Trade Wars in New England History
The piece recounts small group Indian warfare and survival tactics during conflicts in Brunswick Falmouth and Casco Bay. It notes Indian cunning, the limits of white weaponry, and the hardship of frontier life while contrasting Indian resilience with settler fears and trading abuses.
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Rebhink
Hopegood
Tod
Sokokis
Lavalage
Louisberg
Quebec
Simon
Andréw
Peter
New Hampshire
Thomas Brackett
Falmouth
Backett
Anthony Brackett
Sebasco-Degan Island
Casco
General Church
Brunswick
Maimié
Androscoggin
Court of Appeals
Navy officers head to Boston after Bath visit
Lieut. (j. g.) Front wheeler of the Jouett and Mrs. Wheeler left Bath for Boston after a few weeks there. Mrs. Robby Clark arrived from Miami to join her husband Lieut. Robby Clark, executive officer of the Jouett.
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J. G
Front Wheeler
Jouett
Mrs. Wheeler
Boston
Bath
Robby Clark
Miami
Fla
Lieut
WEEKLY CROSS WORD PUZZLE ACROSS
Word clues mix with names Gatton Sean Tumis Oy and others. Across entries include Responds Personal Half an em Gaunt Crude Fragrant ointment and more. Down clues cover Roman official recharge near by public games and various garbled terms from a puzzle page.
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Sean
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